I'm switching over to lubuntu11.10

[Liam Proven]

On 28 October 2011 05:34, Jon Anderson <jbander at izoom.net> wrote:
> If you just want to use the Lubuntu desktop, you don't need to reinstall.
>
> First, upgrade to 11.10 using update-manager. When it's done, reboot
> into 11.10 and do
>
> apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
>
> Log out (or better still reboot) and you will find that the Lubuntu
> desktop is now an option on the login screen.
>
> You don't need the ISO that you downloaded - not unless you want to
> dual-boot between Ubuntu and Lubunt
>
> You say"
> First, upgrade to 11.10 using update-manager. When it's done, reboot
> into 11.10 and do"
>
> You mean yo use the update manager to upgrade to ubuntu 11.10 first ?

That's right.

You could do it the other way round, but that means downloading and
installing "lubuntu-desktop" first and then upgrading it.

> By the
> way thanks I was getting a head ache trying to figure everything else out.
> Your way is a lot easier.

If you have /home on a separate filesystem - that is, in its own disk
partition - then you can install 2 (or more) different copies of
Ubuntu, each with their own root (`/`) filesystem but sharing the same
/home filesystem and swap partition. This works fine - I've done it
many times. If each has a different desktop, for instance, 1 is
Ubuntu, 1 is Lubuntu, plus say Kubuntu and Xubuntu, then they can all
have the same user account, too.

If you try to share 2 or more distros with the /same/ desktop on a
single user account, e.g. Mint and Ubuntu, then the settings for that
desktop will trample on one another, so each time you boot into the
other distro, the theme settings and so on will be from the previous
one and it gets a bit muddled. It works but not flawlessly.

Different desktops use different config files so it's no problem.

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